End-gate for wagons.



W. I. RIGGS.

END GATE FOR WAGONS.

APPLICATION FILED M122, 1914.

1 1 22,644. Patented Dec. 29, 19 14.

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arena orrion WILLIAM I. RIGGS, 0F HOMER, ILLINOIS.

END-GATE FOR WAGONS.

Application filed January 22, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. Rises, a citizen of the United States, resident of Homer, in the county of Champa1gn and State of Illinois, have made a certain new and useful Invention in End-Gates for Wagons; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a rear view of the end gate and scoop board, Fig. 2 is a side View of the same, with the end gate shown in dotted lines in raised position, Fig. 3 is a side view with the scoop board lowered, Fig. a is a section on the line H Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a. section on the line 55 Fig. 1, 6 is a detail side View of one of the bearing plates.

The object of the invention is to provide an improvement in end-gate scoop-boards for wagons, and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates side pieces of a scoopboard 17, which is designed to be used in connection with a wagon body, indicated at 2.

3 represents hooks, pivoted to the sides of the scoop-board and extending through slots 21, near the lower end of this board, to hold a hinged end gate, 20, closed. The scoop-board is cut away between lateral downward extensions 22 thereof, to provide an opening, which is closed by the end gate. The wagon sides 23 are provided with catches 7, adapted to project through slots 24, near the upper end of the scoopboard, and serve, when engaged by latches 8 of the scoop board, to hold the upper end of this board closed against the sides of the wagon box.

Theend gate 20 is usually provided with an inner cleat 25, across the lower portion, such cleat being located a short distance from the lower edge of the gate and adapted to engage the edge of the floor of the wagon box, the end of the gate being in the plane of the lower end of the scoopboard, which is-substantially level with the under surface of the wagon box floor when. the scoop-board is in vertical or closed po- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914:.

Serial No. 813,738.

sition. An outer cleat 14 extends across the upper end of the gate, and its ends proect at 26, to engage the lateral extensions of the scoop-board when the gate is closed. The gate is also provided with a lower transverse cleat 12-, and lateral extensions or pro ections 27, adapted for engagement with the fastening hooks 3, which extend downward to embrace the same.

The scoop-board is provided with inside bearing strips 28, parallel to its sides, the lower portions of these strips being, when the end gate is closed, adjacent to its inside cleat and in contact with its lateral portions. They are also designed to engage the ends of the sides of the wagon box in such wise as to form a close inside joint. The sides of the scoop-board are located outside the sides of the wagon box, and in this way assist in forming the close joint. To these sides are connected by plates or straps 29, rod hooks 9, which have sliding engagement with oblique adjustable ring brackets 6, which are secured to the outside of the sides of the wagon body, a foot or so above its bottom and a short distance from its rear end. The rings or eyes of these brackets are somewhat inclined from the vertical plane, and project outward. They are engaged by the rod hooks 9, which are guided thereby. The rings also serve to catch automatically the hook ends 5 when the scoop board is turned downward for use in discharging the load of grain or other matter.

The lower ends of the extensions 22 of the scoop board are provided with brackets or bearing plates 4: below the fastening hooks 3 and having concavo-convex rearward projections 30, adapted to engage the lateral projections 27 of the end gate thereby supporting the latter, and downward projections 3 designed to engage bracket bearings 31 which are plates secured to the end sill 32 of the wagon body. The plates e have each a lateral upwardly directed oblique elongated prong or projection 34 extending above the same and having a comparatively long interval of separation from the side of the scoop board, said projection being designed to catch and hold the rod hook 9 against the side of the scoop board, said hook then becoming a-latch to secure the board when the latter is in closed position. The bracket bearing plates are provided with journal bars 15, at the rear of i their upper openings 16, and are slotted for adjustable attachment to the sill. The projections 33 are of open hook form for detachable engagement with the journal bars 15, in order that the scoop board can be lifted from the wagon body when said board is in open or substantially horizontal position.

The back of the scoop-board, above the hinges 18 of the end gate, is provided with a catch or hook 123, to hold the end in raised or open position.

The improvement is designed chiefly to facilitate unloading grain from a wagon. The scoop-board is detachable from the wagon body when the latches 8 are unfastened and it is turned back on the journals 15 to open position. The scoop-board is attached to the wagon body by said latches and its bottom hook projections .33 detachably engaging said journals. The end gate is held closed a ainst the scoop board by its hinges and by the engagement of the projections 27 with the hooks 3 of the scoopboard. When the hooks 3 are disengaged the end gate can be raised toward the back of the scoop-board and attached thereto by the catch 13, so that the gate opening is free for dumping or unloading. In order to use the scoop-board for unloading, the end gate being closed and connected thereto by the hooks 3, so that its inner surface is in the plane of the inner surface of the board, the latches S are uni'astened and the board is turned backward and downward on the journals of the bracket, bearings 31, which engage the projections of the plates 4: of said board. At the same time, the rod hooks 9 are drawn through the rings 01 the brackets 6, and, when the board is lowered to position for scooping, automatically engage'said rings by their hook ends and hold the board in lowered position, with its bearing plates 4L in engagement with the bracket bearings 31 of the sill of the wagon body. The hook plates and the bracket bearings facilitate the connection of the scoop board to the Wagon body, after removal, as these plates mark the parts to be brought together, and serve to take the shock and wear.

I claim:

In a wagon, having a sill and a detachable scoop board provided with downward extensions and lateral rod hooks, a hinged end gate between said downward extensions and having lateral'horizontal projections, journal bearing plates on the wagon sill, brackets secured to said downward extensions of the scoop board and having each an upper rear projection, a downward extending hook detachably engaging the journal bearing plate and an elongated lateral upward projection extending above the bracket and having a comparatively long interval of separation from the side of the scoop board, said horizontal projections of the end 7 gate having each supporting engagement with said rear upper projection, and each lateral rod hook extending obliquely across the side of the scoop. board within said interval and having engagement with said lateral upward projection.

In testimony whereof I al'lix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM I. RIGGS.

Witnesses HENRY J. VVrGeINs, WM. A. ELLIOTT..

Ooplu of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, .D. G. 

